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The country of Haiti has a rich history, given the fact that it was the first nation in the Caribbean to gain its independence from the French. Due to the early colonization of Haiti by the French, Haiti became a melting pot of ethnicities. Men and women from West African were brought to Haiti as slaves, there were the Arawaks, indigenous people of the land, who were still in Haiti (although most of them were massacred or died of illness brought by the Europeans), and there were the French who had children with the slaves. As years passed on, people of different ethnicities immigrated to Haiti, such as Europeans, Arabs, Asians, and people from Poland. Thus, it can be said that Haiti is very diverse.Sadly, in the media, Haiti’s diversity is not shown. This leads to people creating a stereotype of how Haitians “look.” Growing up, because I was a lighter shade, people wouldn’t believe at first that I was Haitian. “You’re Haitian?”, they would ask. “You don’t look Haitian.” This led me to create this project. Faces of Haiti was created to debunk the stereotype or idea that all Haitians look a certain type of way and to educate people about Haiti’s diversity.